Tennessee Football: 5 Reasons Jon Gruden Would Take The Vols Job

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TAMPA, FL – NOVEMBER 30: Coach Jon Gruden of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers checks the scoreboard against the New Orleans Saints at Raymond James Stadium on November 30, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images) /

Gruden Deeply Misses Coaching

In basically every interview Gruden has done over the last several years, he’s mentioned that he’s always preparing to return to coaching.

If he had no intentions at all of returning to coaching, why in the world would he prepare for it?

I don’t think there’s any doubt that Gruden will eventually return to coaching. It might be that he wanted to wait on his children to get through high school, or maybe he had other reasons for waiting. It’s impossible to know why Gruden has waited this long to return to the game.

But you can definitely see the fire in his eyes when he talks about football. It consumes him.

Watching game film and talking about football is one thing, but actually being on the field on a daily basis, coaching players, that’s what Gruden needs to be complete.

I don’t think Gruden will truly be happy until he’s back on the field coaching.

By the way, if you’re worried about a ten year layoff, don’t be.

Joe Gibbs didn’t coach for 12 years. He returned to the Washington Redskins in 2004 and led the team to two playoff appearances in four years (he even beat Gruden’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the playoffs).

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